Customer Reviews
Hate it also 
2007-05-03
This is my third Epson. The head on all of them started clogging within a year. I wasted lots of expensive ink trying to get this one unclogged. I'm done with the brand.
Ink Hog and Printhead clogger 
2006-09-28
This printer, I have had two of them, is an ink hog. Fortunately there are many firms supplying refilled cartridges or comaptibles for under $9. The problems lie in (1) the print head clogs (2) the printhead does not readily clean (3) you can't clean the black and color printheads separately or by color ... so you waste a lot of ink.
When it prints, fine. When it is clooged, just buy a used one to reconditioned one to replace it
Ink Guzzler 2006-06-13
I'm constantly having to run the cleaning maintenance which sucks up ink (you have to waste both color and black inks even if only one is leaving gaps in your printouts). After multiple back-to-back cleanings it still leaves white lines. I give up after awhile and have my husband print things out for me at work. And the on-screen gauge of how much ink remains showed up once and never appeared again! It won't print black text if you're out of color ink and vice versa. I get very few prints out of each cartridge. The ink cartridges are very small besides being very wasteful.
Hated it... 2006-03-21
We were talked into this thing by an enthusiastic salesperson, and where stuck with it for two years. It cost easily 10X + it's sale price in wasted ink. Only about 10% of ALL attempts to print photos and documents actually have produced usable products!!! That's not an exaggeration 1 in 10 print attempts will be excellent, or something you would even consider to put in a frame or send to someone, the rest look like creatures from black lagoons to amateur screen printing mishaps.
Then! You can not put more than one piece of ANY type of paper in the feed tray because the things sucks the whole stack half the time (even though the stack is not stuck together or carefully shuffled...)and either self jams or ruins the print job wasting MORE ink.
Total piece of crap. I hate this thing.
Disappointment - 
2005-04-16
I expected that Epson printer would be more economical than an HP (which I have owned 3 over the years). Everyone claims that the cartridges are far cheaper than HP. However, I have to change them 3 times more than when I had an HP! So, yes it is slightly cheaper, but not in the long run. And to make it worse, you have to always "clean" the heads everytime! This is ridiculous - and a waste of time that I do not have. HP - I'm coming back!
Easily the worst printer I've ever owned 2004-08-27
A perfect companion to your digital camera; a great photo printer for the whole family. The EPSON Stylus Photo 825 is ideal for digital camera owners who want amazing photo printing results, along with standard text printing. With the printer's built-in card slot, you don't have to use your computer to print that special photo. Create borderless prints and enlargements on 4" x 6", 5" x 7", 8" x 10" and letter-size pre-cut papers, stickers and banners. Right from the printer, your images are ready to frame, place in your album, or give to family and friends. The innovative control panel allows you to view your print settings at a glance, and an optional color preview monitor is available for easy review and selection of images. You can even print borderless 4" x 6" prints from a roll - it's like having your own digital mini lab at home.
epson smepsun 2004-05-09
This is the second epson I have owed. One thing I can tell you about this brand is they are LOUD, put on some headphones when you are printing things out, oh and the desk better be secure because they rock back and forth, I though mine was going to walk off the table! The print, its ok but also expect the paper to jam a lot on thicker card stock. Oh and make sure you order some head cleaner from www.maxpatch.com. The heads constantly get dirty and they sell a fluid that will clean them. with HP or Lexmark every time you buy a new cartridge you get a new head, not so with epson. When I am making greating cards, mine likes to leave nice black track marks. I have cleaned the rollers and it still does it, guess its a gift from epson. If you want a good printer buy HP or Lexmark, yes you pay more for ink, but the photo quality prints are just as good and they are super quite. My printer is in my bedroom and when I print in the morning the noise is enough to wake up my girlfriend. stay away from epson
Faulty print heads make this printer a money-pit! 2004-05-04
This printer is a joke! Sure, it prints good pictures - but the print head gets clogged so often that most of the ink in your ink cartridges is drained before you can do much! If you let this printer sit for a week, you will need to run the head cleaning utility - which drains a visible amount of ink on the ink monitor . Subsequently, you run out oif ink in less than two months without doing much printing at all! It's ridiculous!
I bought ink cartridges three weeks ago, have printed nothing but a few resumes (no color) and now they are both halfway drained. Tell me, is this reasonable?
I think not.
825 Very Poor 2004-05-03
Worked great for 30 days then it became impossible to get consistent color or print quality. It has gotten so bad that often I can not even get text quality. A complete waste of money. I am going to toss it and get something decent. I have spent more in ink trying to get it to work than the cost of the printer. A real lemon.
Ugh - problems galore 2004-03-04
I never write reviews, although I do regularly check here for others' opinions. But, I felt compelled to inform people of my utter disappointment with this product. I consider myself fairly knowledgeable when it comes to computers, and I did my homework before my purchase. But, I REALLY hate to waste money, and I'm shopping for a new printer after about 9 months of headaches.
My terrible experience consists of: Needing to change the ink cartridges nearly every time I start a project - even if it still indicates that they are half full - and particularly if I havent printed in a couple of weeks. It's as if it magically just disappears. This has quickly become a VERY expensive nuisance. There are constant paper jams or it sucks in more pages then it should, even with consistent realignment of the paper. There have also been times where we've needed to uninstall/reinstall the original software, to fix a recurring issue where the printer was simply unrecognized for no reason whatsoever. That problem would only be fixed temporarily and then randomly reappear.
These are consistent, big problems that one shouldn't be seeing within the first few months of ownership. And, it has always been gently used. I will be staying away from Epson moving forward!!
